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>>8296980
If it does, nobody has been able to prove it yet.

So, if it does, it so rare that it's statistically insignificant, and could be due to something unrelated, or not the entire reason. The doses you get in X-Rays and CT scans isn't enough to damage cells, overwhelm your bodies natural repair mechanisms, or especially kill cells. It may damage a small percentage of cells, that are then repaired within minutes of the scan. Your body identifies and begins to repair radiation damage in seconds. I remember reading in another radiation thread where some idiot was talking about being more worried about how many brain cells his CT scan killed, lol. I think he had too many brain cells killed already to not understand that radiation doesn't kill cells at these levels, not even close.